In June 2019, Trileaf Corporation (Trileaf) performed a cultural resource inventory survey for a proposed self-support lattice tower telecommunication facility located in Burke County, Waynesboro, Georgia (Latitude: 33° 01’ 32.294” Longitude: -81° 52’ 16.366”). The project location is located within a wooded area. Verizon Wireless proposes the construction of a new self-support lattice cell tower with a total height of 260 feet (79.2 meters). The new tower and associated equipment will be situated within a proposed approximate 100 x 100-foot (30.5 x 30.5 meter) cell tower lease area. A proposed approximate 50 x 375-foot (15.2x 114.3 meter) access and utility easement will travel northeast then northwest to connect to Mother Roberts Road. Total acreage of the new construction area is approximately 0.66 acres (0.27 Hectares).
Senior Project Archaeologist Zach Horne, M.A., RPA, under the direction of Trileaf, performed this survey in response to the planned use of the above-described parcel and the potential impacts that such use might represent to archaeological and architectural cultural resources. The Phase I cultural resource survey was designed to discover all prehistoric and historical period cultural resources that might be present within the project area.
Based on these findings, Trileaf recommends No Historic Properties in the Direct APE and No Historic Properties within the ¾-mile Visual APE. It is therefore recommended that project clearance be granted with no further investigation or evaluation of the project area relative to those resources.
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